Ilocos Region policemen nab 886 wanted persons

By Christian Supnad

CAMP FLORENDO, La Union- – The Region 1 police headed by Chief Supt. Franklin Bucayu arrested 886 wanted persons, 12 of whom were classified as most wanted- during the first seven months of 2011, according to data from the Regional Intelligence Division of Police Regional Office 1 here at San Fernando City.

Of the total arrested, Bucayu said 874 were classified as wanted persons (without rewards).

The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office under Sr. Supt. Rosueto Ricaforte, accounted for more than half of this figure, with 469. La Union PPO tallied 192; Ilocos Sur PPO, 150; and Ilocos Norte PPO, 63.

The remaining 12 were classified as most wanted persons (MWP’s), with one listed in the national level and eleven in the provincial level.

MWP’s have respective monetary reward for their capture.

The arrested National Level MWP was identified as Nicanor Borromeo. Borromeo was wanted for the crimes of murder, arson and robbery, and the government offered a reward of 1.05 million pesos for his capture.

Bucayu said PRO1 authorities collared him last Aug. 7 at Barangay Maab-abaca in Piddig town, Ilocos Norte,

Meanwhile, one of the arrested MWP’s in the provincial level was Edwin Maynes.

Wanted for murder, and with a P140,000 reward for his capture, Maynes was nabbed by police authorities in Quezon City last Sept. 19.

Bucayu has recently given orders to various units and offices under his command to further intensify PRO1’s operations against wanted persons.“While we have been continuously implementing this campaign, we are levelling up our efforts in keeping with the 10-Point Action Plan of Police Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome, the new Chief of the Philippine National Police, particularly on the arrest of wanted persons.”

“We are focusing on the service of warrants and we expect to arrest more of these wanted persons in the days ahead,” the Regional Director added.